Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story

1990· 100 min★ 6.7· Drama

Set in Curacao in the 1940s, Ava & Gabriel: A Love Story tells of the painter Gabriel Goedbloed, who arrives from Holland to paint a mural of the Virgin Mary in a local church. Gabriel is black, originally from Surinam. The colonial Antillian society proves less than tolerant towards him, especially after he chooses as his model a young Black teacher, Ava

Cast: Nashaira Desbarida, Cliff San-A-Jong, Theu Boermans

Director: Felix de Rooy